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SUBMITTER: Diergaarde B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2899150 | biostudies-literature | 2010
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Diergaarde Brenda B Brand Randall R Lamb Janette J Cheong Soo Yeon SY Stello Kim K Barmada M Michael MM Feingold Eleanor E Whitcomb David C DC
Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.] 20100517 2-3
<h4>Background/aims</h4>Knowledge regarding genetic factors that influence pancreatic cancer risk is currently limited. To identify novel pancreatic cancer susceptibility loci, we conducted a two-stage genome-wide association study.<h4>Methods</h4>The Affymetrix Genome-Wide Human SNP Array 6.0 and DNA pooling were used in the screening stage. Twenty-six single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were selected for follow-up. These 26 lead SNPs and additionally selected tagSNPs for the regions around ...[more]